Andrea Carter: ‘I’m a fan of the golden age of crime fiction, so I tend to write in that style’The author on her legal background, writing advice and why the Inishowen peninsula is so specialSat Aug 19 2023 - 05:00
An Post renews Irish Book Awards sponsorship; Spiritual Wounds by Síobhra Aiken wins Whitfield PrizeBooks newsletter: a preview of tomorrow’s pages and a wrap of the latest literary newsFri Aug 18 2023 - 12:56
Noel O’Regan’s debut novel is an exploration of place, people and unifying meaning ‘Its genesis came from thinking about the ways in which we bestow meaning on certain spaces, how these can then become places of pilgrimage’Sat Aug 12 2023 - 05:00
Thomas Morris: ‘I was hiding. I hid my stammer. I hid that we were poor. My characters can’t hide any more’The Open Up author decided that, if he was going to thrive, he needed to stop pretending he was something he’s notSat Aug 12 2023 - 05:00
Dara McAnulty makes Wainwright shortlist; new chair and director for Listowel Writers’ WeekBooks newsletter: A preview of Saturday’s pages and a roundup of the latest literary newsThu Aug 10 2023 - 17:15
Laura Lippman: ‘Crime fiction is an outstanding vehicle for social commentary’The American writer on her new novel Prom Mom and being inspired by real-life storiesSat Aug 05 2023 - 05:00
Steve Cavanagh: ‘Thomas Harris sparked my interest in crime fiction when I read Silence of the Lambs at a young age’The Northern Irish crime novelist on Hitchcock, having written the seventh most bought book in Germany and books as ‘empathy machines’Sat Jul 29 2023 - 05:00
Booksellers appeal for support in Budget; five Irish writers on Polari Prize longlistsBooks newsletter: a preview of Saturday’s pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsFri Jul 28 2023 - 14:46
Sinéad O’Connor by Bono, Annie Lennox, Shane MacGowan and more: ‘The U2ers are heartbroken’Poets and authors write about what the late singer-songwriter and social activist meant to themFri Jul 28 2023 - 14:18
Forest Fest review: A wet but fun weekend in Co LaoisStorming sets from Suede, Peter Hook, James and Dream Wife among this year’s highlights at festivalMon Jul 24 2023 - 16:58
Susannah Dickey: ‘I get really bugged about how the North is discursively infantilised’With her second novel out in paperback, the author reflects on writing poetry, reviews and capitalismSat Jul 22 2023 - 05:00
The best books of 2023 so far: Anne Enright, Joseph O’Connor, Liz Nugent, Colm Tóibín and more have their sayWe round up some opinions on the finest reads this year which you might think worth bringing on holidays with youSat Jul 22 2023 - 05:00
Sophie White wins Shirley Jackson Award; Write by the Sea and Murder One festival line-ups revealedBooks newsletter: a round-up of the latest literary news and a preview of Saturday’s pagesThu Jul 20 2023 - 17:13
Patrick deWitt: ‘It’s only sensible that one’s humour should mirror the times’The Canadian writer on his new novel The Librarianist, his ‘exciting’ literary pilgrimage and developing a dark sense of humourSun Jul 16 2023 - 08:00
Michael Magee and Colin Walsh shortlisted for Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize Books newsletter: a preview of Saturday’s books pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsThu Jul 13 2023 - 10:13
Nick Laird: ‘It was definitely helpful to me to leave Northern Ireland to get a perspective on it’The poet’s latest collection features a sequence about his father’s death during CovidSat Jul 08 2023 - 05:00
Irish writers protest over Victoria Amelina’s murder; Edge Hill Prize longlist; Michael McLaverty story awardBooks newsletter: a round-up of the latest literary news and a preview of Saturday’s pagesThu Jul 06 2023 - 16:56
Mary O’Donoghue: ‘The first paragraph is where it’s at, where possibilities are asserted’The writer on her new short story collection, working as a fiction editor in the US and the joys of translating Irish poetrySat Jul 01 2023 - 05:00
Colm Tóibín, Louise Kennedy and Ciarán Folan win prizes; four Irish poets on Forward shortlistsBooks newsletter: a round-up of the latest literary news and a preview of Saturday’s pagesFri Jun 30 2023 - 10:43
Siobhan MacGowan: ‘History has always been for me the ultimate story’Author talks about her new novel, The Graces, set in early 20th century IrelandSat Jun 24 2023 - 05:00
New Irish festival for Switzerland; Yoto Carnegie Medal winners; Encore Award for Daisy HildyardBooks newsletter: a preview of Saturday’s pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsThu Jun 22 2023 - 16:42
Chris Mullin: ‘The UK is now more insular, isolated and divided’Former British Labour MP and journalist has updated version of book Error of Judgement on Birmingham Six on way as 50th anniversary of pub bombings approachesSun Jun 18 2023 - 05:00
First digital directory of Irish publishers and Literature Ireland translation series launched; MoLI wins awardA round-up of the latest literary news and a preview of Saturday's books pagesThu Jun 15 2023 - 11:26
Barbara Kingsolver wins Women’s Prize for Fiction with Demon Copperhead Gritty, poignant novel set in the Appalachian mountains is a reimagining of Dickens’ David CopperfieldWed Jun 14 2023 - 19:30
Una Mannion: ‘Books that make me laugh are the same ones that devastate me’Author on her favourite books, her new novel Tell Me What I Am and why Turkey is the most remarkable place she has visitedSat Jun 10 2023 - 00:00
Paterson Joseph wins Christopher Bland Prize; Niall McDevitt celebrated; Giggler gets the musical treatmentBooks newsletter: A roundup of the latest literary news and a preview of this Saturday’s books pagesThu Jun 08 2023 - 12:15
Cecelia Ahern: ‘I feel very comfortable writing about people’s foibles’The author on her new novel, In a Thousand Different Ways, and why her work is so attractive to film-makersSun Jun 04 2023 - 05:00
Patricia Forde is new Laureate na nÓg; Michelle Gallen’s Factory Girls shortlisted for Encore AwardBooks newsletter: A round-up of the latest literary news and a preview of Saturday’s books pagesThu Jun 01 2023 - 16:42
Arinze Ifeakandu: An exploration of what it means to be gay in contemporary Nigeria‘I do have a complicated relationship with Nigeria, but that complication is becoming less stifling as the days go by’Sat May 27 2023 - 04:49
Leopold O’Shea wins Stinging Fly story competition; Girls Who Slay Monsters wins children’s book prizeBooks newsletter: a round-up of the latest literary news and a preview of Saturday’s books pagesThu May 25 2023 - 09:00
Ciara O’Connor wins Caterpillar Poetry PrizeMichael Rosen picks Dundalk lecturer’s poem, Hints of an Adventurer for €1,000 awardThu May 25 2023 - 05:00
Booker International Prize: Georgi Gospodinov’s Time Shelter, translated from Bulgarian by Angela Rodel, winsTime Shelter centres on a clinic for Alzheimer’s sufferers that unlocks memories by recreating the pastTue May 23 2023 - 22:00
Preti Taneja: ‘Children of first-generation immigrant parents are born experiments’Newcastle-based British-Indian writer on colonialism, identity and her craft as a novelistSat May 20 2023 - 05:00
Louise Kennedy wins best debut at British Book Awards; line-ups announced for Borris and UCD festivalsBooks newsletter: a round-up of the latest literary news and a preview of Saturday’s books pagesFri May 19 2023 - 12:38
Sinéad Gleeson to publish debut novel next yearAuthor reunites with 4th Estate’s Kishani Widyaratna, who published her nonfiction debut ConstellationsMon May 15 2023 - 09:30
Sarah Gilmartin: ‘A lot more needs to be done to make the reporting of sexual crimes easier for victims’Q&A: The author on #MeToo, good advice from Dickens, and the inspiration behind Service, her new novel of power and sexual politics in the hospitality industrySat May 13 2023 - 05:00
Arinze Ifeakandu wins Dylan Thomas Prize; Anthony Anaxagorou wins RSL Ondaatje PrizeA preview of Saturday’s books pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsThu May 11 2023 - 20:00
Margo Jefferson: ‘Criticism has taught me to be braver’Award-winning author on Ella Fitzgerald, criticism and the public events that affected her mostSat May 06 2023 - 05:00
Books newsletter: Victoria Adukwei Bulley wins 2023 Pollard International Poetry PrizeA preview of Saturday's page sand a round-up of the latest literary newsThu May 04 2023 - 10:43
President and police chief salute centenary of man who survived notorious Troubles atrocity Barney O’Dowd’s family opposes British legacy Bill which might block inquiry into relatives’ murdersWed May 03 2023 - 20:31
Billy O’Callaghan: ‘Cork is the place I know. It’s the lens through which I view the world’Author’s new novel The Paper Man takes readers back to 1930s Austria, to one of the most famous footballers in the worldSun Apr 30 2023 - 05:00
Claire Kilroy: ‘I haven’t met one mother who didn’t talk about failure’The novelist talks about about the release of her first novel in more than a decade, on the struggles of motherhood that had stopped her from writing for so longSat Apr 29 2023 - 05:00
London-Irish poet wins €6,000 Moth Poetry Prize judged by Nobel laureateLaurie Bolger’s work in progress celebrates autonomy, love and her working-class Irish heritageThu Apr 27 2023 - 20:00
Majella Kelly: ‘Nature makes more sense to me than the man-made rules of the church’The poet’s debut collection, The Speculations of Country People, reckons with the legacy of Ireland’s mother and baby homesSat Apr 22 2023 - 05:00
Dalkey Book Festival reveals line-up; Mercier Press shortlisted for IPA Prix Voltaire A preview of Saturday’s books pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsFri Apr 21 2023 - 15:55
International Booker Prize shortlist: ‘bold, subversive, sensual and nicely perverse’Firsts for Bulgaria, Côte d’Ivoire and Catalan as Irish translator Frank Wynne is shortlisted againTue Apr 18 2023 - 11:30
Tom Benn: ‘Experiencing the worst day in a fictional life is very funny to me’The award-winning author on his long-awaited new novel Oxblood, Irish roots and moving to NorwichSat Apr 15 2023 - 05:00
Seán Hewitt on Ondaatje Prize longlist; West Cork Literary Festival; Arts and Minds FestivalA preview of Saturday’s books pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsFri Apr 14 2023 - 11:48
Sara Baume and Thomas Morris on Granta list of future starsRunning since 1983, the list spotlights 20 novelists under the age of 40 every 10 yearsThu Apr 13 2023 - 12:24
Writers on the Belfast Agreement: Michael Longley, Jan Carson, Michelle Gallen, Neil Hegarty and more reflect on 25 years of changeLeading authors reflect on the changes wrought by the 1998 agreement and what the future might holdSat Apr 08 2023 - 05:00
